Mural Workshop
VMFA Special Workshop with Hamilton Glass
Saturday, September 27 & Sunday, September 28
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Partnering with the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society!
Want to be part of creating something beautiful for your community while supporting TWO local nonprofit organizations? Come join Arts on Main and the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society (GMHS) as we work with award-winning Richmond muralist Hamilton Glass to create a public mural!
In this workshop, we invite you to spend a few hours tapping into your inner artist and working collaboratively with a group to create a piece of public art. Learn what it’s like to be part of the process of creating large-scale works of art that will live and enrich their environment. The mural created in this workshop will be located on a storage container at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society.
The workshop is divided into four sections: 11am-1pm and 2pm-5pm on Saturday and Sunday. You are welcome to come for one or all of these sessions! After signing up, please call or email Arts on Main (804.824.9464 or gallerymanager@gloucesterarts.org) to let us know which sessions you would like to reserve. Spaces are limited to 20 students per session and are on a first-come-first-served basis.
All supplies will be provided by the instructor, just wear clothes you can paint in!
For adults and teens ages 16+
This program has been organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is funded, in part, by the Paul Mellon Endowment and the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.
*For Pay What You Can options, please contact Arts on Main at (804) 824-9464
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Hamilton Glass’s career as an artist stems from his architecture and design background. “Despite working in the architecture field for 7 years, my passion for public art pushed me to start a career as an artist. Public art has always been a big influence and inspiration of mine, because of its power to influence and inspire the surrounding community. With every project I’m given, a dialog is built in that connects the work to the community to in which it lives. My work usually distinguished by my use of architectural elements with bright vivid colors and sharp lines,” he said. For many years Glass has been using public art as a tool to support and promote communities throughout the greater Richmond area. He has worked with an array of organizations, from Community Centers to Richmond Public schools in creating of these social change projects. The projects are usually mural-based and aimed at giving a voice to the underserved population. The goal of these projects is to encourage public equity and give students a since of accomplishment while reaching an unfamiliar audience and environment.